The performance of the agencies involved in Covid-19 pandemic response in Nepal: Given the steady rise in the number of hospitalizations and slow rate of recovery in Covid-19 patients, public health experts suggested that another lockdown was unavoidable. However, Government of Nepal, disinclined to enforce a lockdown, announced prohibitory orders instead. Authorities … [Read more...] about August Analysis: National Security and Climate Change
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September Analysis: Domestic Politics and Governance
A controversial ordinance related to the Political Parties Act facilitated party splits of CPN-UML and JSP. Parliament obstruction by CPN-UML halted government spending for eight days. After the splits, the Political Parties Act ordinance was repealed and the Appropriation Bill was passed. Timeline of major events DateMajor eventsSeptember 2CPN-UML chairman KP Oli filed … [Read more...] about September Analysis: Domestic Politics and Governance
News Digest: Human Rights, Gender and Social Inclusion (September 30 to October 6 2021)
Human Rights Minister of Foreign Affairs Narayan Khadka told the United Nations General Assembly that the government is dedicated to completing the transitional justice process and ruled out blanket amnesty in the cases of serious human rights violations. The victims of the decade-long Maoist insurgency said Khadka had lied about the progress and sent a letter to the UN … [Read more...] about News Digest: Human Rights, Gender and Social Inclusion (September 30 to October 6 2021)
News Digest: National Security & Climate Change (September 30 – October 6, 2021)
Center for Investigative Journalism Nepal (CIJ) through the documents provided by ICIJ has revealed that sixteen Nepalis have illegally invested in offshore companies and tax havens to avoid paying taxes. Some of the prominent names include Chaudhary Group and Golchha Organization. A meeting of the Council of Ministers on October 5 has endorsed security features to be … [Read more...] about News Digest: National Security & Climate Change (September 30 – October 6, 2021)
News Digest: International Relations & Foreign Affairs (September 30 – October 6, 2021)
Nepal will receive 5.9 million doses of the Vero Cell vaccine through the COVAX facility at the beginning of November. COVAX has also committed to giving 13 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal. China is providing 1 million doses of the Sino Vac Cocid-19 vaccine as a grant to Nepal. China is also giving 5 million Renminbi worth of medical aid to improve our health … [Read more...] about News Digest: International Relations & Foreign Affairs (September 30 – October 6, 2021)
News Digest: Economy & Development (30 September – 06 October, 2021)
Money and Banking Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) started a research study on the possibility of enabling digital currency use across the country with the aim of minimizing the use of hard cash or paper notes. For the same, NRB has formed two panels to study the practices of digital currencies in countries including China, Singapore, Hong Kong and others. The Public Procurement … [Read more...] about News Digest: Economy & Development (30 September – 06 October, 2021)